Literature
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Winter reading in the suburbs: What's hot right nowJan 17, 2014 5:00 am - Barrington High School grad Veronica Roth's debut trilogy is on the minds of teens across the suburbs. Her three novels are consistently among the most checked out young...
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Brad Meltzer’s new books teach kids real heroicsJan 17, 2014 4:45 am - PHILADELPHIA — Brad Meltzer is no stranger to heroes, having written about the Justice League and Batman. His new stories are about historic people like Amelia Earhart a...
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Crossword creator marks 100th birthday with puzzleJan 15, 2014 4:45 am - PHILADELPHIA — What’s a nine-letter word for a significant event? Try MILESTONE. Longtime crossword constructor Bernice Gordon is marking two big ones: She turned 100 on...
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Al From recounts rebuilding of Democratic PartyJan 14, 2014 4:45 am - Al From's “The New Democrats and the Return to Power” tells the important story of how a political party in trouble can reinvent itself and regain power. The book is par...
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E.L. Doctorow explores mind of brain scientistJan 14, 2014 4:30 am - The narrator of E.L. Doctorow's latest novel, “Andrew's Brain,” is a cognitive scientist with a guilty soul. He blames himself for every bad thing that has happened to h...
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'Fear Nothing' is vivid psychological narrativeJan 12, 2014 4:30 am - Nobody writes about the psychological aspects of working in law enforcement better than Lisa Gardner. She can take potentially disturbing scenarios that are frighteningl...
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Kids read to dogs at Batavia Public LibraryJan 11, 2014 12:10 pm - Sasha Mix, 8, of Batavia read aloud to a dog for the first time at the Paws for Tales reading skills program at Batavia Public Library on Saturday. Bozeman the dog, 5, s...
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Book notes: Chicago author Katie Fox signs at Book StallJan 11, 2014 4:45 am - Ÿ David Stuart McLean discusses and signs copies of his book “The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at The Book Stall at Chest...
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New novel follows lives of slave, unwilling ownerJan 10, 2014 4:30 am - Meet Handful, 10 years old, a sewing prodigy and a slave. Meet Sarah, 11 years old, a voracious reader and Handful’s unwitting owner. They are the stars and alternating ...
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Diaz book tour means celebrity interview for studentsJan 09, 2014 11:00 am - Four student journalists at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville got some practice interviewing a celebrity Thursday when actress Cameron Diaz stopped by to discuss h...